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SANTA FE — U.S. Sen. Pete Domenici's change of heart on Iraq has his opponents talking.

The same is true for would-be opponents of U.S. Rep. Heather Wilson, and one Democrat said July 5 he'll join the race to unseat her.

Jon Adams, a lawyer who lives in Albuquerque, said the war is among his top reasons for running.

"What really pushed me over the edge and helped me make the final decision was when I heard that Sgt. James Akin had been killed in Iraq," said Adams, who is 32.

Akin, once a volunteer for the Democratic Party who worked on a variety of New Mexico campaigns, had presidential ambitions. He died last month near Baghdad after a roadside bomb exploded near his Humvee.

"I read about it, and I thought it's really time for a New Mexico native, someone who grew up here, someone who knows how to solve the issues that New Mexicans face, to step forward and do something," Adams said.

Adams has a law degree from Columbia University and recently spent three years in New York working at a law firm representing pension funds that lose money due to corporate fraud.

A self-described moderate Democrat, Adams hasn't raised money yet or formed an exploratory committee, but he said he has $20,000 in commitments.

He joins Albuquerque City Councilor Martin Heinrich in the race.

Others who may enter the primary include former state Department of Health Secretary Michelle Lujan Grisham and former University of New Mexico President Louis Caldera.